WCRI Report Analyzes Impact of ASC Fee Schedule Changes

A new approach to a workers’ comp fee schedule in Georgia resulted in little change to average facility payments for outpatient knee surgeries, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. But looking more closely at the data revealed changes in payments for some types of knee surgeries after implementation of the new fee schedule approach in 2014, WCRI said. Little change was seen in average facility payments for most common knee surgeries, but payments jumped 32% for certain types of procedures, according to the study. That likely reflected new...